Thematic Bible: Oppressive


Thematic Bible



And the Zidonians, and Amalek, and Maon have oppressed you, and ye cry unto Me, and I save you out of their hand;


That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,


for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.


He hath multiplied the stumbling, Yea one hath fallen upon his neighbour, And they say: Rise, and we turn back to our people, And unto the land of our birth, Because of the oppressing sword.